Articles by David Pencek, Town&Gown

Town&Gown talked with a few beer experts to get their take on summer beers. Jess Baker is editor in chief of CraftBeer.com; Kenny Gould is founder of HopCulture.com; and Sue Gummo is the beer and wine leader at Weis Markets in Bellefonte. [Read More]

While Christmas is the “most wonderful time of year,” for those who enjoy trying new beers, it’s tough to beat summer. Beer goes with the other three “Bs” of the season — barbecues, beaches, and baseball games.
According to a 2017 story by the National Beer [Read More]

With craft brewing and interest in craft beers continuing to grow in Happy Valley, Chuck Hacker, assistant restaurant manager for the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, wanted to give the establishments at the Penn Stater something, a beer perhaps, they could call their own. [Read More]

With craft brewing and interest in craft beers continuing to grow in Happy Valley, Chuck Hacker, assistant restaurant manager for the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, wanted to give the establishments at the Penn Stater something, a beer perhaps, they could call their own.
One of his managers [Read More]

Barney Ewell is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, athletes in Penn State history, yet his accomplishments aren’t as well-known as those of famous Nittany Lion football or basketball players or wrestlers. [Read More]

Most romantic dinners you see played out in movies or on television involve a couple sharing a meal and a bottle of wine. You rarely see two people having a special evening together with a pint of beer in their hands. But on this Valentine’s Day, don’t sell beer short on being part of a romantic [Read More]

Last November, Lancaster Online published a story, “Four Things About Lancaster County’s History You Might Not Know.” One of the four was “Olympian’s grave in Lancaster County.” “The only Lancastrian ever to win an Olympic gold medal,” Barney Ewell is [Read More]

Most romantic dinners you see played out in movies or on television involve a couple sharing a meal and a bottle of wine. You rarely see two people having a special evening together with a pint of beer in their hands!
But as we come to this month that includes the most romantic of holidays [Read More]

Since Tröegs came out with the big Belgian-style beer (11 ABV) in 2003, it has become one of the brews many craft-beer lovers most look forward to each year. Mad Elf, which is available from mid-October through December, also is one of the beers that helped put Tröegs on the craft-beer map. [Read More]

If it’s the holiday season, it means one thing for Tröegs Brewery in Hershey: Mad Elf season.
Since Tröegs came out with the big Belgian-style beer (11 ABV) in 2003, it has become one of the brews many craft-beer lovers most look forward to each year. Mad Elf, which is available [Read More]